Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, K?
Just to make it clear, Kira is not adopted by the Uchiha yet. The nurse just thought by her physical features that she was one.
"We were born to be real, not perfect" – Unknown
The night before I had to show up at the Nara's for dinner, I lay awake in the dark and staring at my ceiling, gathering whatever of my knowledge I had on the Nara clan.
The Nara clan is known for their intelligence and their medical research facility, they may not be the strongest, but they definitely produce the most intelligent. Which means figuring out their game plan is going to be hard. Especially since the Nara clan has a special relationship with the Akimichi and the Yamanaka clans.
Sighing lightly in tiredness I turned to my right to stare out my window to the moon. Maybe I'm overthinking things? Maybe they really do just want to thank me?
Then again, it's hard to trust them. They're shinobi after all, deception comes as easy as breathing to them.
And the whole thing with the Uchiha clan as well. Jeez, why is it so hard to just let me be?
Still, distrust and caution are the parents of security. If I'm going to make it through this dinner, I'll have to choose my words and measure my actions as carefully as possible 'cause they will outsmart me.
And with that exhaustion finally took over and I promptly fell asleep, dreading the next day.
When I stepped out of Iruka's apartment, I was greeted to the sight of paint everywhere.
Random drawings and words were graffitied everywhere as I walked in the streets. Some were pretty good actually. But it doesn't seem like others agreed with my view; shop owners and street vendors along with a few early shoppers were all shocked by what they saw.
Hearing a mischievous snicker from above, I and the other villagers looked up to see Naruto standing, with a grin on his face, on a brick arch overlooking the street with a large paintbrush and a bucket of paint in his hands, "Hehe, NARUTO UZUMAKI, that's me! One day I'll be HOKAGE!" he yelled as he flipped through the air on a random rooftop to another.
I stared at his retreating form as the villagers cried out in outrage, not bothering to stick any longer to hear their complaints; I started walking away from them to the Nara clan's compound.
When I was far enough, I then let a ghost of a smirk stretch on my face.
Not bad for a kid.
Walking around, I had a hard time finding the compound because of the spider web like streets and 'cause of the damn trees. They're everywhere! And it was so damn hot outside too, glad I chose to wear a simple T-shirt and shorts.
I was pretty sure I already passed the compound and was ready to call it quits and just go home –hey if I can't find it it's not my damn problem I didn't show up- when low and behold I see the slouching form of Shikaku Nara staring at the clouds above, his hands in pockets.
Staring at the gates uneasily I forced my legs to move, I guess it would be rude to ignore him.
"What are you doing here?" I asked as I came within a few feet from him. I mean I'm just one girl, couldn't he have sent Ensui or somebody else.
Already seeing the underlined question he shrugged his shoulders, "I tried to get out of it, but my wife berated me that it would be rude to not escort you to the dinner."
"For someone who's politically involved with the village, you sure are honest," I mean he just blatantly told me that he didn't want to deal with me. "I thought you said you were looking forward to it."
"Don't be troublesome."
"I'm not. You are," I glared, remembering this conversation to have already taken place.
Instead of giving me any indication that he heard me, he held out his hand.
Does he expect me to take it?
I stared at him for a long time. Willing with my eyes for him to put his hand away, but it seems he wasn't going down so easy.
Staaaaaaare
When he didn't relent, even smirked a little –how annoying!- I started to glare.
"…I will pick you up and carry you if I have to." He said in a nonchalant tone, though I could see the amusement in his eyes.
"Why? I can walk just fine you know," I crossed my arms, not submitting to him.
He still had his hand out towards me, "So you won't get lost, and because I don't want you running away now," he muttered the last part.
My stature froze a little.
Damn Nara.
I begrudgingly put my hand in his.
As we walked, I took notice of how laid-back the compound actually looked. Not that I've seen many or any at all for that matter. Though as expected, the houses were traditional looking, nothing exquisite.
Nobody was seen walking through the streets though. Do they all gather in one place? Must be some big-ass backyard then.
Although, the closer we got to one of the bigger houses, the more nauseated I became. There was just so much chakra! And they were all cramped together.
I started taking deep breaths, fighting to stay conscious all the while stumbling in my steps. I tightened my grip on Shikaku's hand, to which he gripped back, "Whoa there, what's wrong?"
"I-I," I started to say and faltered in my steps slightly, but managed to regain my balance after a while. "Just a little nervous, that's all," I admitted, gritting my teeth a little.
He just chuckled, "Come on, it's not that bad. We're just a normal clan that likes to play shogi and sleep."
"Really," he continued, "You have nothing to be worried about."
Yeah, and can strangle a person via their own shadow. Just your normal everyday clan, I bitterly thought. "I've just never been in a clan compound before, that's all."
"Really? I could've pegged you for an Uchiha."
That's a lie. He knows I'm an Uchiha. I remained silent.
We walked a little further down the street before stopping in front of a large house, where everybody must be for the rather cramped chakra was getting closer and closer. I started taking easier breaths.
Not being able to help it, I asked, "Will there be skulls piled in any corner?"
"No, sorry to disappoint."
"Well, okay, but my expectations are pretty low now."
His lips twitched a little upwards as he dropped my hand and lead me along the porch to the backyard. There I saw members from all three clans socializing together. Well the women were sitting at the table and gossiping. The guys just sat around wherever, either casually talking or just sitting there.
Since I was watching and taking everything around me in, I didn't notice when Shikaku stopped walking, making me walk into him. "Ow!" I held my nose, 'cause damn Nara, that hurt! I glared up at him as he just put his hands in his pockets. "Hey," he greeted someone.
Looking from behind his legs I saw that he had stopped in front of the other clan head's; Inoichi Yamanaka and Chōza Akimichi if I remember correctly. They were sitting cross-legged on the edge of the porch, drinking and looking over the horizon.
They greeted him back before sliding their eyes curiously to me. Not one to be very sociable I gave them a blank stare, crossing my arms.
They took it as their que to introduce themselves first, probably thinking I was being shy.
Inoichi greeted me first, "Hello there, little one." Little? "Who might you be?"
I was so tempted to run away right now but practically feeling the expectant eyes of Shikaku on me, I relented, "Kira." Simple and short, enough to keep the Nara happy.
"It's nice to meet you, Kira-chan," replied Inoichi, giving the slightest of smiles.
Inoichi has long ash blond hair, which he wore spiky on top and ending in a long ponytail, blue-green eyes and strong a jawline.
"Nice to meet you too, Yamanaka-sama, Akimichi-sama," I gave a low nod, bowing just feels awkward to me, though I hope I'm not being too disrespectful… eh, I gave a mental shrug.
Chōza gave a low chuckle, "No need to be so formal, Kira-chan. Just call us by our first names."
Chōza is a plump man with long, spiky red hair and purple markings on his cheeks - a clan trait.
I observed the area and saw that there were not as many people as I expected, "There's not that many people here. Where's Ensui?"
Shikaku answered her, "Ah, he and a few others had to do some damage control from the deer incident the other day."
"Shouldn't you be there as well?"
Shikaku yawned and waved his hand dismissevly.
Giving him a nod I looked up when I heard a tiny voice screech, "Shikaku-oji-san!"
Running towards us was a little girl –she's shorter than me- with blond hair and blue eyes, dragging a strangely pink-haired and green-eyed timid girl by the wrist along with her.
She gave him a quick hug, while the pink-haired girl wringed her fingers and hid behind the blonde one. "Where have you been?! I've been just dying to introduce you to my new friend!" she grinned up at him, gesturing to Sakura who gave a half-hearted wave to him.
Sakura had fair skin, green eyes and pink hair. She was rather short for her age. In fact, looking around I saw that I was taller than every kid here.
Shikaku gave Ino an amused look, "Well, I've been just dying to introduce you to my new friend." He put a hand on my head, ruffling my locks while I looked up at him annoyed, swatting his hand away in vain.
The blondie gave a gasp as she saw me, then sauntered up to me and took both my hands in hers, "Hi! Welcome! I like your weird hair! It looks so pretty and long! We're going to be great friends, I just know it! Oh! My name's Ino Yamanaka, but you may call me Ino-sama or Ino-hime. And that over there is Sakura! What's yours?" she said that all in one breath amazingly.
"…Er," giving her a bored look, I was unsure what to do.
The three clan heads chuckled at us. Or maybe me? Nevertheless Inoichi, with amusement in his eyes, answered his daughter's question, "This is Kira, Ino-chan. She's a bit shy so please be gentle with her."
"I'm not shy," I grumbled under my breath. For a mind-reader you sure don't read me well.
"Why don't you show her around, Ino?" Shikaku suggested, ignoring my betrayed look.
"Sure!" she exclaimed, taking me by my wrist and running all over the place, Sakura awkwardly trying to catch up to us.
Ino dragged me just about everywhere and introduced me to a bunch of people I barley had 5 seconds to talk to before Ino dragged me to a new person. By the end of it both Sakura and I were exhausted from running around, me more because of lack of sleep and all the buzzing chakra in the air.
When Sakura told Ino she wanted to go to the bathroom, it felt like a gift from the gods. Ino tried to make me go with them but I declined and said I'd stay here. In all actuality, I was starting to get nauseous again.
Walking away from them, I approached the porch where the clan heads were lounging along with two younger boys beside them, one whom was lying on his back while the other was munching on his chips.
Shikamaru and Chōji.
Shikaku glanced at me when I passed them, "Back already?"
I just nodded my head, ignoring the two boys and lay next to them. Shikamaru opened one of his eyes to take a quick, assessing glance at me but other than that they didn't seem to mind me so, plopping down on my back, I put my hands behind my head and sighed in content.
The peace and quiet didn't last however.
"I knew I shouldn't have left you with these two!" Came a childish cry of Ino somewhere to my left –I didn't bother opening my eyes- "Now look at you! Lazying around!"
I heaved an irritated sigh, "First of all 'lazying' is not a word," if I'd opened my eyes I would've seen Ino blush in embarrassment, "Second, lazy is such an ugly word, I prefer the term…mmm…Selective Participation."
I swear I heard Shikamaru and the adults snort at that.
"Come on Kira! They're so boring! All they do is watch clouds, sleep, eat and play shougi!" Ino whined.
"Great," I retorted, "Sounds like my kind of people."
"Are you serious?!"
"No, I'm Kira."
"What?"
Heaving a heavy sigh, "Sakura, please make Ino stop talking." I pleaded with her but it was for naught 'cause all she did was shuffle her feet awkwardly and wring her fingers, "U-um Ino, maybe we shouldn't bother them."
Ino growled, annoyed at being not listened to, "Fine!" she smirked, "Then you, Lazy-Bones and Chubby can get me and Sakura some snacks."
"It's Sakura and I," I absent-mindedly corrected her.
Shikamaru opened his eyes, irritated at being disturbed in his sleep and growled back at Ino, "We're not your lackeys."
"Whatever," she waved her hand at us, "Just get it done." With that she took an unsure Sakura's hand and took off.
Meanwhile none of us moved an inch.
Chōji sighed. "She's treating us like slaves."
"We should start a revolution."Shikamaru suggested
"Alright, you round up the allies and I'll get the weapons." I also quipped.
We were silent for a while before bursting into light chuckles. Sitting upright I faced the boys, our small group forming a circle, with a little smile on my face, "The name's Kira."
To my left, Chōji smiled shyly, his face red, "I'm Chōji."
To my right Shikamaru gave a lazy smirk that I couldn't help but notice how similar it was to his father's, "Shikamaru."
From the corner of my eye I could see Shikaku and Chouza watching us with amusement shining in their eyes, while Inoichi's eyes were stuck on the shougi board in between him and Shikaku. He was sporting a concentrated face and I guessed he was a little stuck on how to move forward.
I contemplated something before turning to the two boys, "Can you play?"
Chouji shook his head but Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, "Can you?"
"No," I answered truthfully, "but anything's better than playing waiter to Ino." I deadpanned to him.
He thought for a moment and then nodded his head.
"Troublesome..." he says, getting up. I get the feeling I'll be hearing that a lot around him.
We walked up to their dads, Shikamaru in the lead, "Hey, old man. We're bored. Can we play?" Short and simple, as always.
Shikaku took a sip of his drink, "In a minute." And moved his piece with the kanji 'silver general' on it.
"Why don't we sit down until they finish?" Chōji suggested, already taking a seat with Shikamaru following. I was about to sit down as well when we all heard a loud shriek coming from where Ino and Sakura currently were at the kitchen.
The boys and I glanced at each other for a second and then ran over to them to see what had happened.
When we got there, Ino and Sakura where holding on to each other and shaking slightly whilst pointing at something in the corner of the room, "I-It's a SNAKE!" The girls managed to shriek in unison.
I looked down and sure enough, a little white snake had somehow managed to find itself in the wrong place at the wrong time. The snake was white and pretty small. It reminds me of the old folktales where a white snake is said to be a messenger from God.
When Ino suddenly got her hands on a broom I quickly intercepted her, "Hey!" I put my hand out to stop her, "It is said that white snakes are the messengers of God. You are risking divine retribution."
Walking over to it I offered a hand to the snake and watched as it curled around my forearm. Ignoring the curious stares the adult pinned me with, I took the snake and unhurriedly walked with it and released him into the forest. I watched as it slithered away before returning to the four shocked faces of the others.
"How were you not scared?" Ino demanded, still shaken up.
"There was nothing to be afraid of." I explained rolling my eyes at her. The snake wasn't even that big.
Shikamaru put his hands in his pockets and sighed, "Troublesome girls." Looking over to his dad he called over, "Can we play now?" Shikaku sighed as well and reluctantly beckoned us over.
"What are you going to play? Ninja?" Ino gasped before her eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and grabbed my hand. "Can we play too?!"
"No, we're going to play shogi," Shikamaru answered for me as he grabbed my other hand to tug me over to the board. Ino gasped, giving my hand a sharp tug, forcing Shikamaru and I to stop, "You've completely corrupted her!" she accused him, pointing her index finger at his face.
"No, I haven't. She wanted to play," Shikamaru said, his tone suggesting that he was annoyed at her.
"That's because she doesn't know better!"
"You are ripping my arms off." I injected, growling through my teeth.
We were interrupted by a shinobi appearing next to us. While the others were startled by his sudden appearance, I was completely calm having sensed his approach.
He was an ANBU by the looks of it. Shikaku, Inoichi and Chōza were instantly on guard, but kept a cool façade, they flash-stepped in front of us, making sure we were behind them.
"What is it you need?" Inoichi, ever the diplomat inquired him.
The ANBU addressed them coolly, "I am the Hokage's personal guard here to pass on a message from him concerning one who is named Kira."
Ino, Sakura and Choji gave a gasp of surprise while Shikamaru's eyes narrowed as he stepped lightly in front of me as if trying to hide me from view. Even at this age he seemed to know the severity of the situation.
The ANBU politely pretended that he didn't notice and looked straight at Shikaku, "Can I trust you'll deliver this message?"
Shikaku gave his usual lazy sigh, whether or not it was to cease the tension was up for debate, "Well, let's hear it."
"The Hokage would like her to know that her current guardian is unable to tend to her as he is currently away on an emergency mission and is unable to pick her up. Umino-san sends his regards and says he has left money for her on the kitchen table and food in the fridge."
Chōza raised his eyebrow in surprise, "Does Hokage-sama expect her to take care of herself?"
"Kira has proven to being quite sufficient of taking care of herself. She has been living by herself after all," the ANBU left at that point, not finding any need to linger any further as his orders were fulfilled.
All of a sudden everybody's eyes were on Kira, awaiting an explanation. I gave them a bored look back, "Of course I know how to take care of myself. I'm an orphan."
Realization filled their eyes as they started shifting uncomfortably, obviously not sure what to say or do.
Shikaku and Shikamaru seemed to be the only ones unaffected by the news. Seemed. Shikamaru sighed and stepped forward and putting his hand on my shoulder, started pushing me to the direction of the shogi board, "Come on, we have a game to settle."
I don't know why but I felt kind of relieved for the aversion.
Taking our seats, Shikamaru sat criss-cross while I sat in seiza-style, we started our game. Shikamaru started explaining the rules while I tried to keep up. Neither of us noticed when Chōji, Ino and Sakura joined us by sitting to the side and the three clan heads took their leave, quietly whispering to each other.
"You know I haven't seen you around the Academy outside of chakra control classes," Shikamaru noted, moving a piece. I shrugged.
We played well into the evening, simultaneously ignoring Ino who no matter how many times we ignored her, still came back with Sakura every few minutes to persuade us to play ninja with them. Chōza went back and forth between sitting and watching to going to the table with snacks on it to snatch a chip or two. It wasn't long before Ino and Sakura got tired and went home. What can I say, I'm still pretty aware of my surroundings even if I'm playing a game that requires full concentration to win. Maybe that's why I've lost four out of six times.
But since he's Shikamaru, a super genius by default, I'll take pride in my two wins.
And because I was aware of my surroundings, I wasn't the least bit startled when Shikaku suddenly flash-stepped crouching next to us, after he said farewell to his guests. While Shikamaru practically jumped out of his skin, clearly his head was completely in the game. Not a good trait for a shinobi to have. They have to be aware of everything going on, with their own battle and their teammates'.
"…the whole point of this exercise is to also keep yourself aware of what's happening around you. If you concentrate too much on one thing an enemy might sneak up on you and you might end up losing your life. You must be constantly alert."
Meanwhile for me it didn't matter if I won or lost, I just wanted something to do.
"What are you thinking?" Shikaku inquired from us.
"That I might just have to get a board of my own."
"Why may I ask?"
At that moment I felt the chakra signature of a woman approaching the house.
"Keeps my brain busy."
Keeps me distracted form my day-to-day problems.
"Oh?" he asked surprised.
I moved another piece and sighed, "Yeah, anyway," I looked up at the sky, "It's getting late. I should probably get going."
"Yeah about that," Shikaku promptly said. Making me narrow my eyes suspiciously. Shikaku got up and motioned for me to follow him, "Come with me." He started walking ahead.
Looking to Shikamaru he shrugged his shoulders and started packing up the game, not knowing what his old man has planned either.
Following him, Shikaku leads me through the house to another room, "I've been thinking,"
Uh Oh
"And I think it would be best for you to spend the night here."
"No."
"Because a lot can happen during the night and I'd sleep easier if I knew you were safe."
"You'd sleep anyway."
"And I don't want to be responsible if something were to happen to you."
"Finally, some honesty."
"So would you please humor me this once?"
"No."
"I'll buy your shogi board for you."
I stopped in my tracks and glared up at him, "You're not gonna give up, are you?"
"No," he smirked.
"Then I hope you enjoy failure."
He slid open a door, "Okaeri," he says entering the room.
There stood a woman with dark brown hair in a low ponytail with strands framing her face, fair skin and dark eyes. She wears a pink blouse and dark-colored skirt along with an apron over it and also wears a pair of earrings.
She was in the middle of putting groceries away, "I'm sorry I'm late, we were running out of food –no surprise- so I had to go run to the market. Hey, the girls told me that an ANBU appeared out of nowhere. Care to explain?"
"Well...," he scratched the back of his head, "it seems Kira will be joining the family."
She gave him a bewildered look while I elbowed him in the stomach and scowled up at him. He trapped me "What he means is that my current guardian is unavailable at the moment, so he asked you to take care of me for the night and Shikaku agreed." I awkwardly stumbled over my words.
"Troublesome," Shikamaru injected.
"Don't be impolite Shikamaru!" the woman slapped him upside the head, before turning to me, "Of course you can stay Kira-san. I'm Yoshino, I'll show you to the guest room." She smiled at me.
She took me to a room with a simple futon, closet and desk.
Yoshino told me that dinner will be ready soon but I told her that I wasn't hungry and will just go to sleep anyway.
"Alright, if you need anything you can always ask," she told me kindly with a gentle smile.
I nodded and watched as she left the room. I went and sat on the bed, still looking over the room.
When I was sure no one would come bothering me, I took my notebook with my camera designs in it and began writing in it.
Afterwords, I tried to go to sleep, but couldn't, so I decided to go out to get some fresh air, taking my notebook with me.
Shikaku was lying in bed, trying to go to sleep when he heard a door slid open and closed, but strangely no footsteps.
It couldn't have been an enemy, the chakra wasn't concealed. And it belonged to a child. Kira.
His curiosity of why his temporary charge was up so late peaked his curiosity and he found himself getting out of bed. Besides, he wanted to know what's bothering her.
He put on his old jonin shirt and also a blanket and quietly –so as not to wake his wife- slid the door open and closed it. With silent footsteps he approached the backyard porch.
There he found Kira scribbling something in a notebook.
He concealed his chakra as well. The way she always looked at the general direction of someone before they approached made him believe that she was a sensory type. His suspicions were confirmed when he deliberately flash-stepped between Kira and Shikamaru when they were playing shogi.
Stepping behind her he looked over her head.
"What's that?" he asked, loudly on purpose.
He was stunned when he saw shrug her shoulders. As if she knew he was there all along. A sensitive sensory type then.
Before Kira knew it, he had taken the notebook from her hands.
"What an unusual code," he mused while flipping through the many pages.
"Hey! Give it back!" Kira protested, but was ignored as he kept looking at the strange diagrams and mathematical equations and what looked like codes written next to them. They weren't kanji, that much he knew. They seemed to be too in tuned to be just squiggly lines. He'd never seen anything like it.
Before he could study them further, Kira snatched it from his hands.
"How did you come up with this, looks pretty complicated."
"It's not that hard," she closed the notebook with a snap, "If humans can codify their existence then why can't I make up one?"
Shikaku sat next to her, "Explain." He wrapped the blanket around her shoulders, startling her. Kira touched the blanket before pulling it tighter around her. The day is always warmer than the night here.
Kira looked at Shikaku and debated whether or not share her ideals on human concepts. "Humans consider themselves unique so they've created a scale to bring it down to human size, they've codified their existence with numbers and lette- kanji, to make it understandable so that they could prove their existence."
"You speak as if you're not human."
"Honestly, even I'm not sure anymore."
Shikaku was silent for a moment, "Kira," he started gently, "I feel the need to ask you this," he looked into her eyes, "Do you know something we don't?"
"I know a lot of things. Things I shouldn't know, but I do."
"What do you know?"
Kira looked at him before looking ahead into the night and shook her head, "I'm not sure you're ready for it. Humans –civilians and shinobi alike- are so driven by power and profit that it might just bring instability and disorder."
"Ignorance brings instability, not knowledge."
"Then why are human beings more concerned with having than with being?"
Shikaku heaved a heavy sigh and chuckled lightly, "You're asking some tough questions, you know that?"
Kira gave him a pointed look but didn't reply, just stared ahead.
"You know," Shikaku broke the silence, "I have never met someone quite like you before."
"I've heard that before."
Shikaku thought back to the incident with Rikumaru and of today, "The way you think… you're obviously talented, you think ahead, you don't give in to your emotions. You could be the most ingenious kunoichi of your generation."
Kira gave him a dubious look, "What have you been smoking and where can I get some?"
"Why aren't you in the Academy?" he asked, seriously.
Kira scowled at him, "I don't want to be a shinobi."
"Don't you want to protect those important to you?"
"I don't have those kind of people."
Shikaku stared her down, "I think you do. More than you realize."
"What does it matter anyway?" Kira's voice raised a little, "This is just a big game for you people anyway. And we're the disposable rooks."
A stunned silence occurred. Kira pulled her legs to her chest and wrapped her arms around them, "But that's just a game. Can you imagine what it feels like to have thousands of your comrades dead? And your loved ones…gone."
"You're talking about a war."
"I'm talking about not wanting to fear for my life every waking moment."
"That's ridiculous. There is no greater honor than dying for your comrades, serving your village, your country."
"Honor?" Kira whispered, then raised her voice, "You cheat, you lie, you kill! There is no honor in being a serial killer!"
Shikaku shook his head at her naivety, "But do you know why we do what we do? We protect. In the world we live in there is no other way."
"Exactly, and that's a world I don't want to be a part of."
Shikaku smiled sadly at her, "Nobody special gets overlooked Kira. It's only a matter of time."
Kira gave him a blank look, "I know."
They were silent for a while before Shikaku sighed and stood up, "Come on. I think that's enough heart-to-heart for today." He held a hand for her to take.
Kira stared at the offered hand, "What do you do when time doesn't wait anymore?"
Shikaku grabbed her hand and pulled her up, "Then you just have to beat the time."
He led her back to her room, both of them not saying a word. He didn't leave until she was under the covers. He then ruffled her hair, chuckling when he heard her growl at him.
"Good night, Kira-chan."
He waited in silence for a response but when minutes ticked by he started to leave. He was just about to slide the door closed when he heard a soft, "Good-night, Shikaku," followed with soft and deep breathing, signaling that Kira was asleep.
Shikaku let a soft smile on his face and firmly slid the door closed to not let anymore cold wind inside the room. Walking to his own room he shared with his wife, he put his hands in his pockets.
At first Shikaku was mildly curious about the enigma that was Kira but the more he gets to know her, the more he feels drawn to her.
She really is a mistery.
And Shikaku's never been one to back down from a challenge.
The white snake slithered through the forest. Seemingly a normal looking snake, easily overlooked. It seemed as if it was searching for its next meal, but in reality, it was answering to its master's call.
His master had the strangest eyes. Just by looking at them he felt the need to bend to his every will.
His master told him to go find a girl presumably named Kira. Such a strange request, but who was he to question his master.
Finally he saw his master in the distance, wearing a dark cloak, with his hood up masking his face. His master bent down and held up a hand. The snake gladly curled itself around his master, and stared into his master's beautiful red eyes. With a single glance into the snake's eyes, the cloaked man saw what he needed before releasing the snake from his control. He had no need for it anymore.
He had thought Zetsu was deceiving him but…
"It's true," he shakily whispered, a single tear gliding down his face, his sharingan glowing in the dark, "She's alive."
He would've loved nothing more than to go see her himself, but for now he sensed the ANBU coming. So he Kamui'd out of the village with a promise to return, soon.
A/N An update! So, it seems Kira has finally admitted defeat. Le gasp! Obito?!
Very sorry for it being late. You know how this goes. Now I'm not gonna be like every other author promising a bunch of stuff and then a cookie. I don't believe in cheap tricks like that.
Besides, I know my readers are way too smart and beautiful for that.
Haha :D okay but seriously I'll try to be better.
I know I'm late. I'm trying okay?!
I've also posted another story called 'Minako' – It's an SI/OC reincarnated as Naruto's daughter.
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…Don't have one this time! I don't know… How's your summer vacation been? Have you traveled somewhere? Where? What's the craziest thing you've done so far?
Alright so as always, review. I do read them, twice. Appreciate the long ones :)
If I have made any error or something, please point it out. If you have something you'd like to see in future chapters, or suggestions on how to make the story even better, PM me or leave a review.
Also shout out to reader Miwacat for posting three reviews just to get me to update. You're efforts have not gone to waste. Welcome to the wonderful world of Fanfiction, I like your spunk and hope that you'll keep liking my story! :3
Thank you to continuous readers and reviewers - patrick. dejong94, RadioPoisoning, DarkDust27, iluvfairytale, Kejmur, lizy2000, Mimosa Evans, and of course the mysterious guest reviewers.
And for those who PM'd me about drawing my OC Kira. You have my permission to do it, you don't even have to ask, but pleeaaasseee tell me if you do 'cause I want to see them :D
XOXO – Kamigami
P.S - Happy Birthday to Kushina! 10.07!